Otto Schade and his family pose outside the family's sod house on their homestead near Bowman, N.D. Three children stand outside the house, and Mrs. Shade holds a baby in her arms. A dog also joins the family outside the house.

John Broughton, a salesman for Dr. Koch Vegetable Tea Company, stops to take an order at the Celar family's homestead shack. A tin of stock dip is visible on the ground, and a wooden box full of the salesman's wares is visible on the ground...